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There was a business trip to America that I was taking two of my sisters on,
which Hurricane Sandy forced me to cancel at the last minute.

Before lunch on Sunday, we were 48 hours away from Chicago, then New York.
After lunch, the phone rang, and we weren’t.

“We’re still going to go somewhere,” I said, firmly. “You’ve booked the time
off work, and I’ve bought a travel plug. There’s no way we’re not activating
some kind of “Tour Mode”. Where have you always wanted to go? Is there
anything you’ve always wanted to see?”